New England Public Radio News

06/19/2013
Kari Njiiri

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno today (Wednesday) unveiled what he calls a comprehensive strategy to enhance police patrols in the City's downtown and South End.

06/18/2013
Leanna First-Arai

Massachusetts State Police are challenging a district court decision not to issue criminal complaints to seven recent college graduates who allegedly trespassed at the Quabbin Reserv

06/17/2013
Henry Epp

As part of an effort to help struggling cities outside of Boston, several Massachusetts legislators toured Holyoke Monday. 

06/17/2013
Kari Njiiri

Massachusetts animal health officials say an inquiry is underway into outbreaks of a highly contagious and deadly virus affecting dogs in two areas of the state.

06/14/2013
Henry Epp

Springfield has one of the state's highest rates of HIV and AIDS, according to statistics released by the state in 2011.

06/14/2013
Karen Brown

Sixty years ago next week, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed by the US government for allegedly selling atomic secrets to the soviets.

06/14/2013
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The boys of summer are at it: baseball is in full swing.

06/14/2013
New England Pub...

The politicians remember Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci whose funeral is today.

06/14/2013
Jeremy Goodwin
 
For cities and towns that successfully attract big-name cultural institutions and events, the quest for a resulting economic boost is only beginning.
06/13/2013
Jeremy Goodwin

When concertgoers arrive next Friday to see Melissa Etheridge open the Tanglewood season in Lenox, Massachusetts, they'll see the latest improvements, part of the Boston Symphony's maste

06/13/2013
Sarah Birnbaum

Massachusetts political figures from both parties paid glowing tribute Thursday to former Governor Paul Cellucci in a memorial service at the State House— where he spent nearly a quart

06/12/2013
Kari Njiiri

Across the country, shoppers are participating in what's called the SNAP Challenge.

06/12/2013
Sarah Birnbaum

President Barack Obama arrived in Boston Wednesday to headline a campaign rally for Democrat Ed Markey, hoping to give him a boost over Republican Gabriel Gomez in the state’s special election for

06/12/2013
Henry Epp

In their second debate last night, U.S.

06/11/2013
Leanna First-Arai

Local food advocates in western Massachusetts say the US Senate's version of the 2013 Farm Bill -- passed Monday night -- would not impact the region's farms as much as it may elsewhere.

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